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Erik: Portrait of a Living Corpse (2011)
A darkly comic retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from Erik the Phantom's, twisted perspective.
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A darkly comic retelling of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, from Erik the Phantom's, twisted perspective.
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In Theaters:10/14/2011
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Runtime:65 minutes
Studio:Big John Creations
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